{"id":26377,"date":"2024-08-26T12:20:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T10:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bulletin.woah.org\/?p=26377"},"modified":"2024-08-26T15:17:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T13:17:04","slug":"a-word-from-woah-reference-centres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletin.woah.org\/?p=26377&lang=fr","title":{"rendered":" A Word from our New Reference Centres"},"content":{"rendered":"

WOAH has <\/span>designated<\/span> twelve<\/span> new Reference Centres this year<\/span>, eight Reference Laboratories and four Collaborating Centres<\/span>.<\/span> When asked to provide a statement for our newsletter, t<\/span>he following <\/span>responded to the call<\/span>.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Collaborating Centres have expertise in a specific designated sphere of competence relating to the management of general questions on animal health issues. Here is a closer look at our new Centres and their expertise.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

WOAH Collaborating Centre for Genomic Monitoring of Viral Swine Diseases, United States of America<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
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(Left to right): Dr Manuel Borca, Dr Lisa Hensley, Dr Chad Mire, USDA National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The <\/span>WOAH Collaborating Centre for Genomic Monitoring of Viral Swine Diseases is <\/span>located<\/span> at the US Department of Agriculture\u2019s National Bio and <\/span>Agro-Defense<\/span> Facility (<\/span>NBAF) in Manhattan, Kansas, USA. The Collaborating Centre provides support and training to WOAH Member laboratories in genomic characterisation of viral pathogens causing disease outbreaks in swine, particularly for African swine fever virus (ASFV), classical swine fever virus (CSFV), Japanese encephalitis virus and Nipah virus. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With extensive and diverse <\/span>expertise<\/span> from leading USDA scientists, the Collaborating Centre will provide protocols and training for sample collection, nucleic acid extraction, next-generation sequencing (NGS) <\/span>and sequence analysis. Initially, the Centre will focus on ASFV and perform NGS of the full-length virus genome for laboratories that lack or have limited sequencing <\/span>capacity<\/span>.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, the Centre will identify other regional laboratories capable of receiving samples for genome sequencing. It will also establish reliable bioinformatic pipelines and associated tools to deliver standardised genomic data, annotation and classification for archival and new viral isolates. The Centre will carry out site visits to determine laboratory capabilities and identify needs to process, analyse and interpret genomic data. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Starting with ASFV and following with CSFV, Japanese encephalitis virus and Nipah virus, the Centre will have the following objectives:<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n